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Detailed Specialist Consultation

Missouri rates for HCPCS 99244

This office visit covers a thorough consultation with a specialist, called in by another doctor to evaluate a specific problem and give an opinion or recommendation back to the referring provider. It involves a detailed history, a comprehensive examination, and decision-making of moderate complexity. A written report is typically sent back to the doctor who requested the opinion.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Detailed Specialist Consultation cost?

$162

Typical physician fee. In Missouri, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $162 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $132 to $200.

These are rates insurers have negotiated with providers, not the amount a patient is billed. What you owe depends on your plan's deductible and coinsurance. Based on rates published by 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $234 · 10th to 90th $135 to $603Professionalmedian $162 · 10th to 90th $120 to $933
$100$200$500$1Kfacility $234professional $162

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$239.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$190.55
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$218.78
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$223.87
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$194.98
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$257.04
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$602.56
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$1,122.02
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$234.42
4 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$97.72
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$19.95
Median
$23.99
Typical High
$28.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$13.18
Median
$15.85
Typical High
$19.50
Qualchoice
Setting
Professional
Modifier
25 · Same-day visit
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$199.53

Where Missouri sits

The same service costs 2.3 times more in Alaska than in Alabama. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Touch or drag across it to read any state, then open that state for its carriers and full range.

Missouri· 27th of 51

$162

AK $288AL $123

Median negotiated rate in each state, from every insurer that publishes one. States where no insurer publishes a rate for this service are not shown.